After spending Saturday in Rhode Island, we had one more day of adventure before we had to return to reality. We decided to head east to Boston Harbor where we took a Whale Watching Cruise. It was absloutely AWESOME! Awesome being in capital letters because even though I got seasick and lost my lunch halfway through the 3 1/2 hour trip, it was still AWESOME!
Our cruise ship, the Aurora!
The Boston Harbor skyline
The airport runway is right by the harbor so we could see all the planes
The Boston Harbor skyline
The airport runway is right by the harbor so we could see all the planes
taking off as we went by.
A pretty picture of the water and the American flag at the rear of the boat.
A pretty lighthouse scene
A pretty picture of the water and the American flag at the rear of the boat.
A pretty lighthouse scene
(Danette this picture is included especially for you)
Alexis had the greatest time on the boat - actually it was a catamaran. She stood at the rail with the wind blowing in her hair for the first little bit. Every once in awhile she would come over to where we were sitting (outside of course) and let us see how wet her hair and clothes were from the waves kicking up the side of the boat.
Alexis had the greatest time on the boat - actually it was a catamaran. She stood at the rail with the wind blowing in her hair for the first little bit. Every once in awhile she would come over to where we were sitting (outside of course) and let us see how wet her hair and clothes were from the waves kicking up the side of the boat.
She is so darn cute!
Then she figured out she could go upstairs to the top of the boat
Then she figured out she could go upstairs to the top of the boat
where it was quite a wild ride. She loved it!
Have I mentioned how cute she is?
After about an hour of heading out into the middle of the ocean, we actually started to see some whales. What an amazing sight they were! All in all, we saw 5 whales with 1 of them being a calf who stuck pretty close to his mama. I was impressed with how close we could get to them. It was well worth the arms and legs that we paid for this little adventure!
Have I mentioned how cute she is?
After about an hour of heading out into the middle of the ocean, we actually started to see some whales. What an amazing sight they were! All in all, we saw 5 whales with 1 of them being a calf who stuck pretty close to his mama. I was impressed with how close we could get to them. It was well worth the arms and legs that we paid for this little adventure!
(You can see the whales better if you enlarge these pictures)
Here you can see the mama and baby swimming side by side
Here you can see the mama and baby swimming side by side
You can see 2 whales in this picture - 1 right in the center
and the other off to the left on the edge
A whale surfaces
Now you can see more of him
A nice tail shot as he says goodbye
After the cruise, it was time to start the 3 hour trek home. We stopped for dinner at On the Border (another favorite restaurant that is an 1 1/2 from home) in Springfield, MA and discovered that we were all sunburned and exhausted but none the worse for wear.
What a super fun weekend we had!
5 comments:
How fun! I get seasick, too, and it's not fun! The pictures are great--I did get a closer look by blowing them up. Wow! Such a great adventure for you and your fam.
I am so jealous! But so glad that you had such a great weekend!
What an experience! And what a fun thing to do as a family. It is nice to see that Alexis actually gets worn out. Julee and Alexis are at such a good age to do things - they will always remember them.
Wow! that is so way cool! Thanks for the picture too by the way!
It was so fun to look at those picture a bit bigger and see the whales. What a fun thing to do! We will have to put that on our list of things to do
What a cool blog! I loved it.. and we are doing a lighthouse theme for YW Standards night...:)
Hope all is well.. I am more of a facebooker now Steph... but I like to touch base now and again..
love ya, robin
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